>> Microsoft Windows Kernel Buffer Overflow Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (MS06-049)
Title : Microsoft Windows Kernel Buffer Overflow Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (MS06-049) VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-3215 CVE ID : CVE-2006-3444
Rated as : Moderate Risk
Remotely Exploitable : No Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2006-08-08
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft Windows, which could be exploited by malicious users to obtain elevated privileges. This flaw is due to an unspecified buffer overflow error in the Kernel, which could be exploited by local unprivileged attackers to execute arbitrary commands with SYSTEM privileges.
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